TikTok is introducing age restrictions on some of its beauty filters to address concerns about the mental health impact of its teen users. Changes that will be rolled out “in the coming weeks” include banning under-18s from using certain appearance-altering effects and expanding filter descriptions to indicate what the filters do when used Customize application.

The press release states that age restrictions do not apply to filter effects that are “designed to be obvious and funny,” such as adding animal ears or comically exaggerating certain features. The change is likely aimed at addressing beautifying effects like Bold Glamor, which give users smoother skin, longer eyelashes and slimmer faces – which can be harder to detect.

Dr. Nikki Soo, TikTok’s head of public safety and well-being in Europe, confirmed this The edge that age restrictions for appearance-altering effects be introduced worldwide.

The changes are being introduced in response to a report by children’s online safety nonprofit Internet Matters, which found that “beautifying filters have contributed to a distorted worldview in which perfected images are normalized.” The report said children were often unable to recognize when images had been altered and were under “significant social pressure” to look a certain way online.

New resources will also be launched in 13 unspecified European countries “in the coming weeks” that will connect users reporting content about suicide, self-harm, hate and harassment issues to relevant local helplines. According to TikTok, the platform now has over 175 million monthly active users in Europe.

“There is no finish line when it comes to safety and security, and we will continue to learn from our community, collaborate with experts and strive to do even better,” Christine Grahn, head of European policy at TikTok, said on LinkedIn. “If our users don’t feel safe, they won’t bring TikTok to their true selves and the platform simply wouldn’t be the same.”

TikTok is also exploring new machine learning technologies that can detect accounts of users under 13, the minimum age to use the platform. The company says that users whose accounts have been deleted can appeal “if they believe we made a mistake,” and that around six million accounts that do not meet minimum age requirements are removed worldwide each year.

Update, November 27th: Added confirmation from TikTok for global availability.